Six Centuries of VerseAnthony Thwaite A history and an anthology of poetry in the English language, from Chaucer to T.S. Elliot, from Shakespeare to Dylan Thomas. Illustrated with contemporary portraits and landscapes, this book is an introduction to English poetry. Anthony Thwaite received the Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 1983. |
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... voice , putting the reader or listener unwaveringly at the receiving end of a peremptory instruction . ' Listen , attend , ' the voice says . Or it vaults right into the middle of a situation with a presumed argument : ' I wonder ...
... voice , putting the reader or listener unwaveringly at the receiving end of a peremptory instruction . ' Listen , attend , ' the voice says . Or it vaults right into the middle of a situation with a presumed argument : ' I wonder ...
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... voice of Paradise Lost , whichever character is actually speaking , is Milton's : a subtle , flexible , complex , grand and resonant voice , full of rich allusions , exotic place - names , and in complete control of the hovering ...
... voice of Paradise Lost , whichever character is actually speaking , is Milton's : a subtle , flexible , complex , grand and resonant voice , full of rich allusions , exotic place - names , and in complete control of the hovering ...
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... voice to break through : the voice of Walt Whitman , sounding ( as he put it ) his ' barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world ' . Whitman's publication at his own expense of Leaves of Grass in 1855 decisively marks a moment not only of ...
... voice to break through : the voice of Walt Whitman , sounding ( as he put it ) his ' barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world ' . Whitman's publication at his own expense of Leaves of Grass in 1855 decisively marks a moment not only of ...
Contents
Medieval to Elizabethan 14001600 | 16 |
Shakespeare 15641616 | 41 |
Metaphysical and Devotional 15901670 | 56 |
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